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349560

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that letting agents are able to verify the immigration status of tenants who are subletters.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	1903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The system of right to rent checks which we introduced through the Immigration Act 2014 enables a landlord to delegate the responsibility for conducting a check on a tenant’s status to a lettings agent, together with any associated liability for a penalty. Where a tenant sublets the accommodation to another person, the legislation provides that the tenant is responsible for conducting a right to rent check, and liable for any penalty for not doing so, unless it has been agreed by both parties that the check will be performed by the landlord or an agent. Full guidance for lettings agents on how to carry out checks is available online (<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice</a>), and through a free telephone helpline.</p><p>The first phase of the scheme is in operation in Birmingham, Walsall, Sandwell, Dudley and Wolverhampton and is currently being evaluated before it is extended to the rest of the country.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2015 13:50:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

349776

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications were refused and subsequently granted on appeal in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Carlisle
tabling member printed	John Stevenson
uin	1794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Appeal outcomes, including data on volumes of appeals that were granted in the time periods specified, can be found at the following website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015</a></p><p>Table 2.5 of the ‘Tribunals and gender recognition statistics tables: January to March 2015’ link sets out the % of appeals determined by the First-tier Tribunal that were granted at appeal.</p><p>The information requested in your second question is not held centrally and can only be collated at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 1795 question first answered 15/06/2015 13:50:06 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

349777

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of refused visas granted on appeal was in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Carlisle
tabling member printed	John Stevenson
uin	1795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Appeal outcomes, including data on volumes of appeals that were granted in the time periods specified, can be found at the following website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015</a></p><p>Table 2.5 of the ‘Tribunals and gender recognition statistics tables: January to March 2015’ link sets out the % of appeals determined by the First-tier Tribunal that were granted at appeal.</p><p>The information requested in your second question is not held centrally and can only be collated at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 1794 question first answered 15/06/2015 13:50:06 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

349816

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicle checks UK Border Force undertook at each UK port of entry in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	1932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government does not publicise port specific data in the interest of national security. Border Force undertakes a multi-layered, intelligence-led approach to checking vehicles at the border, and resources are deployed flexibly to meet incoming threats.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2015 13:56:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

349817

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been removed from the UK under the Dublin Convention in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	1933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The number of people transferred under the Dublin Convention and the later Dublin II and Dublin III Regulations, is shown in the following table:</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2010</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2011</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2012</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2013</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2014</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Total</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1545</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1343</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">972</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1023</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">740</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><del class="ministerial">Transfers to other Member States under the Dublin Regulations fell in the last three years because we stopped transferring asylum claimants to Greece in 2010. This was because it was found conditions there amounted to a breach of article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights. There then followed similar litigation around conditions in Italy, but we are still able to effect transfers there.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our records indicate that the number of people transferred under the Dublin Convention and the later Dublin II and Dublin III Regulations were as shown in the following table:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,150</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">980</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">740</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">800</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">520</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Figures are rounded to the nearest 10; are based on the latest management information so are subject to change; and have not been quality assured under national statistics protocols.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Transfers to other Member States under the Dublin Regulations fell in the last three years because we stopped transferring asylum claimants to Greece in 2010. This was because it was found conditions there amounted to a breach of article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights. There then followed similar litigation around conditions in Italy, but we are still able to effect transfers there.</ins></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2015 13:55:47 question first ministerially corrected 22/02/2016 12:51:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 5042 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

349818

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Ministers in her Department (a) last met and (b) next plan to meet their counterparts in the Netherlands to discuss border enforcement between the UK and Dutch ports.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	1934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of these meetings are published on the Cabinet Office website on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2015 13:51:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

349364

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have received financial support in each local authority area in England and Wales in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	1619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Support may be provided under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute until their asylum claim is determined. Section 95 support can be provided as both accommodation and subsistence, or accommodation or subsistence only.</p><p>The following table shows the number of asylum seekers in receipt of Section 95 support in each local authority in England and Wales as at the end of March 2015. The data include dependants in receipt of support but excludes unaccompanied asylum seeking children supported by Local Authorities.</p><p>The numbers of asylum seekers in receipt of section 95 support, broken down by Local Authority, are published on a quarterly basis by the Home Office in Table as_16_q of the Immigration Statistics release .The latest publication (Immigration statistics, January to March 2015 ) is available on the Gov.UK website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2015 10:57:01 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ 1619 Table (1).xlsx title Section 95 Table
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

348889

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to end the practice of illegal migration in small boats; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	1479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK is playing its full part in dealing with the immediate situation in the Mediterranean, to prevent further loss of life at sea. The Prime Minister offered UK operational assets to support efforts, coordinated by Italy and Frontex’s Operation Triton.</p><p>However, we need to break the link between getting on a boat and achieving residence in Europe. That is why the UK is also playing a leading role in pushing for comprehensive, long-term action through the EU and the UN to tackle the causes of illegal immigration and the organised trafficking gangs behind it, as well as increasing support and protection for those who need it in North and East Africa.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2015 10:51:22 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 3785 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

348957

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian refugees have been relocated in the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme; and what estimate she has made of the number of such refugees who will be relocated under that scheme by 31 December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	1374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Between the first arrivals in March 2014 and 30 March 2015 (the most recent published data), 187 people were relocated to the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme. The scheme is based on need, rather than designed to meet set arrival projections. However, we will continue to bring groups here on a regular basis. We have said we expect the scheme to help several hundred people over three years, and we remain on track to achieve that. In addition, over 4,200 Syrians have been granted asylum or other forms of leave in the UK under our normal asylum rules since the Syrian crisis began in 2011.</p><p>We continue to work closely with the UNHCR to identify the most vulnerable people displaced by the conflict, prioritising women and children at risk, people in severe need of medical care and survivors of torture and violence. The VPR scheme runs in parallel with the UNHCR’s own Syrian humanitarian admission programme. This is because the Government believes the UK can add most value through a complementary scheme, focusing on helping the most vulnerable refugees who cannot be supported effectively in the region rather than a quota. With millions of people in need, we strongly believe that the UK can have the greatest impact by continuing to prioritise significant aid; we have donated £800 million, making the UK the second largest bi-lateral donor after the USA and helping to provide vital support to hundreds of thousands of people across the region. The Syrian conflict is a crisis of international proportions and we continue to play our full part in discussions with international partners.</p><p>The UNHCR is best placed to provide information on the number of Syrians resettled by other states to date. The UNHCR website also provides a list of international resettlement pledges.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 1391 1392 question first answered 15/06/2015 11:09:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

348968

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking in collaboration with other European countries and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to co-ordinate the re-settlement of the most vulnerable refugees of the conflict in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	1391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Between the first arrivals in March 2014 and 30 March 2015 (the most recent published data), 187 people were relocated to the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme. The scheme is based on need, rather than designed to meet set arrival projections. However, we will continue to bring groups here on a regular basis. We have said we expect the scheme to help several hundred people over three years, and we remain on track to achieve that. In addition, over 4,200 Syrians have been granted asylum or other forms of leave in the UK under our normal asylum rules since the Syrian crisis began in 2011.</p><p>We continue to work closely with the UNHCR to identify the most vulnerable people displaced by the conflict, prioritising women and children at risk, people in severe need of medical care and survivors of torture and violence. The VPR scheme runs in parallel with the UNHCR’s own Syrian humanitarian admission programme. This is because the Government believes the UK can add most value through a complementary scheme, focusing on helping the most vulnerable refugees who cannot be supported effectively in the region rather than a quota. With millions of people in need, we strongly believe that the UK can have the greatest impact by continuing to prioritise significant aid; we have donated £800 million, making the UK the second largest bi-lateral donor after the USA and helping to provide vital support to hundreds of thousands of people across the region. The Syrian conflict is a crisis of international proportions and we continue to play our full part in discussions with international partners.</p><p>The UNHCR is best placed to provide information on the number of Syrians resettled by other states to date. The UNHCR website also provides a list of international resettlement pledges.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 1374 1392 question first answered 15/06/2015 11:09:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland